If Mark Flood had his way, he would have been back with the Winnipeg Jets.

But after appearing in a career-high 33 NHL games last season and putting up three goals and seven points, the Jets didn’t offer Flood a one-way contract as an unrestricted free agent, so he signed a one-year deal with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League.

“Obviously, I wanted to come back to Winnipeg, that was my first choice,” Flood said in a telephone interview. “Once I kind of realized it wasn’t going to be the deal I wanted, we started to explore some more options to see what was out there.”

That led him to sign with the organization that is returning to play in the KHL this season after a tragic plane crash in September 2011 that killed all 37 members of the team, including players and coaches.

“I haven’t been over there (to Europe) before and you hear some mixed reviews about it, so I thought I would try it out,” said Flood. “We’ll see what happens and hopefully it works out. By no means am I shutting the door on the NHL. I still want to play in the NHL and as far as going over to Europe, this is probably the best league to go to, as far as getting back.”

The Jets announced the signing of forward Maxime Macenauer, who was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks last season.

It’s a one-year, two-way deal that will pay Macenauer (who has one goal, four points in 29 NHL games) $525,000 in the NHL and $70,000 in the AHL, according to capgeek.com.

The Jets also announced that they’ve extended their affiliation agreement with the St. John’s IceCaps of the American Hockey League through 2014-15.

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